Did you know that in the USSR, you could dial the number "03" on the telephone, and a free ambulance would come to help you? Here is a picture of one of the ambulances (nicknamed a "loaf"):

KurtVonnegut [comrade/them] · 17 hours ago

Did you know that in the USSR, you could dial the number "03" on the telephone, and a free ambulance would come to help you? Here is a picture of one of the ambulances (nicknamed a "loaf"):

FourteenEyes [he/him] · 16 hours ago

The reputation for soviet tech is it will run fine for 100 years as long as you meticulously maintain it

Feinsteins_Ghost [he/him] · 16 hours ago

I mean I was mostly making a joke but that’s not really true. Bearings still get spun, lifters still stick, electric motors still burn windings, regardless of where they’re made. A Lada burns oil just like an Opal will.

umbrella@lemmy.ml · 8 hours ago

i mean, without modern planned obsolescence plastic wifi bullshit i can see things lasting much longer